16:04 Apr 28, 2009 

Thanks Wanda, I think your suggested 'exploratory prompts' is also very good. For contextual reasons in my text I am going to go with 'guiding questions,' however, 'exploratory prompts', 'prompting questions,' & 'additional question,' are all good translations of the Dutch term 'hulpvraag,' in different contexts.

15:50 Apr 28, 2009 

Maybe something like 'exploratory prompts' - the therapist will have to use exploratory prompts [true, less literal, but perhaps carries more meaning]

15:07 Apr 28, 2009 

Yes, I think I am going to use 'guiding question,' for the reasons Max just indicated. If someone would submit it as an answer, I will choose and gloss it.

Thanks everyone!

MJWB

15:04 Apr 28, 2009 

I like 'guiding question' because of the therapist's tactics of guiding the patient towards important points. The patient can lean on the therapist. Prompting question would also do, but perhaps it is not that common and focuses more on pushing the patient to reach a conclusion faster, rather than assisting him or her in freely exploring possible answers.

14:54 Apr 28, 2009 

'Prompting question' seems correct to me.

14:43 Apr 28, 2009 

And how about 'prompting questions'? I think I like this the most so far. See: http://images.rbs.org/assessment/questioning.shtml

14:27 Apr 28, 2009 

Are hulpvragen in this context always open questions?

Cf.: http://changingminds.org/techniques/questioning/open_closed_...

Open questions have the following characteristics:

They ask the respondent to think and reflect.
They will give you opinions and feelings.
They hand control of the conversation to the respondent

14:20 Apr 28, 2009 

I was actually kind of thinking of using 'guiding question,' or even perhaps 'help question,' as they consist of questions that the therapist uses regularly in order to guide the conversation.
In the text, these are examples of hulpvragen: “Wat zegt dat over jou?” + “Hoe noem je zo iemand?”